Most reduced structure has most energy. Oxidation harvests the energy.
Fatty acid has lots of calories; glucose has less - already more oxidized.
A regular compound energetically
Chemiosmotic separation of protons provides the energy for oxidative phosphorylation.
Catabolism of polymer to simple unit of acetyl~CoA then complete oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation.
Energy charge = [ATP] + 0.5 [ADP]/[ATP] + [ADP] + [AMP] How much is “charged” in the ATP form.
ATP
Chemical Sense in Metabolism Lecture 25 Chemical Sense in Metabolism Chemical sense is important. Biochemicals follow the laws of chemistry.